Buyer's Guide

The Self-Storage Buyer's Guide is the industry's one-stop online marketplace for information on vendors servicing all aspects of the self-storage industry. We are a large industry and it is impossible to keep an inventory on all vendors ... so let the education experts at MiniCo Publishing handle that for you. Self-storage owners, operators, managers, and vendors alike can search for local or national companies and vendors to work with and contact them with no middle-man, unlike other directory and vendor locator databases. True to our primary charter of educating the industry, the Self-Storage Buyer's Guide is there to educate visitors as to who the Top Self-Storage Vendors are and give them multiple points of contact to facilitate vendor/buyer connections. Our list of vendors and vendor categories is always growing and if a need arises for information on a particular category that is not representing in our list, please let us know and we’ll get to work gathering data on vendors for you.

With Baja Construction’s 35 plus years in the Covered RV & Boat Storage, Self-Storage, and Carport Industry and whose founder Bob Hayworth also owns an RV & Boat Storage facility ~ you are assured to receive Baja Construction’s expertise in all phases of development & installation. Our team’s diligence makes the design-build process easy for new developers and self-storage professionals. No Plans? No Problem. You don’t need a set of architecture plans to begin talking to us about your project. Baja’s in-house design engineers will work closely with you to meet your project specifications and city’s criteria. You’ll have our design team’s years of experience applied to your plans. Our engineers will deliver a set of plans, which maximize canopy coverage and details the most effective layout to run your successful RV & Boat Storage business or Self-Storage Business. Baja Construction installs carport and solar structures for schools, hospitals, and medical centers, government and municipalities, train stations, and corporate campuses and office centers nationwide, in Mexico and Canada.

BETCO is a single source self storage manufacturer offering engineering, design, manufacture, and installation of single, bi-level, and multi-story buildings, conversions, refurbishing older facilities, boat and RV buildings, roll-up doors, portables, and component sales. Since 1984, BETCO has designed and constructed more than 50 million square feet of storage buildings.

BOS Quick Build -container is galvanized steel storage solution which can be used indoor and outdoor. Standard weather tight units are made of 20 gauge recycled steel and come in six different sizes from 3x7 up to 20x7. The containers can also be expanded up to 21x17 using proprietary connection kits. The panelized container is quick and easy to assemble (and if needed, dismantle) with none to very few tools required.

Caliber Metal Buildings is an Arizona leader in the supply and erection of metal structures and specializes in the construction of self storage facilities. Caliber Metal Buildings supplies all metal framing products, roofing products, and trim. Whether the job is 10,000 sq ft or 250,000 sq ft, Caliber Metal Buildings will give you a finished product to be proud of.

Mako Steel designs, supplies and installs steel buildings for the self-storage industry. Boat/RV storage, single-story, multi-story, conversions, and custom buildings available. Plants located throughout the country to service all areas. Mako specializes in working with first-time customers.

MMCI is a metal building construction company specializing in self storage. MMCI has been building self storage complexes and installing metal roofing for over 25 years. MMCI provides standing seam metal roofing, new construction, retro-fit roofing and conversions. A TEN YEAR NO LEAK WARRANTY IS INCLUDED ON ALL MMCI ROOFS.

Paramount Metal Systems specializes in the design and construction of pre-engineered structures and metal roof systems for commercial developers and contractors within the self-storage industry. Staff has a resume of over 100 million square feet of storage design and construction experience. Paramount can maximize your construction dollars into a quality project by supplying structures, partitions, floor systems, and roof systems for new and retrofit construction.

ReRoof USA offers an economical roof replacement and retrofit roofing solution designed specifically for self storage facilities. Our goal is to be ON-SITE, ON-SCHEDULE, ALL THE TIME for your roofing project to minimize the impact on your facility. We provide design, engineering, material supply and installation of continuous standing seam metal roofing systems and corrugated through fastened metal roofing systems. Our continuous site formed standing seam panels are ideal for almost any type of building and greatly reduce shipping, equipment and handling cost. Our roof systems can be installed over existing metal, shingle, rubber and asphalt roof systems. Retrofitting over existing roofs is a less invasive method than removing and replacing the existing roof and allows for more flexibility in meeting more stringent wind and energy requirements.

Providing efficient and effective turnkey construction services to the self-storage industry, SBS Construction is skilled in all aspects of general contracting, design-build, construction management, and project development. A diverse portfolio of successful projects completed for national developers to local operators is lasting evidence of SBS's budget-driven team's capabilities.

Storage Structures, Inc. is the industry leader for design, supply and installation of storage buildings. Our goal is to be ON-SITE, ON-SCHEDULE, ALL THE TIME for your building project. We have deep relationships with a broad spectrum of general contractors, engineers and architects. Over many years of service, we have constructed hundreds of self storage facilities including single story, bi-level, mutli-story up to nine stories, conversions, mezzanine systems and R.V. canopies and buildings. We offer 5X10 light gauge framing systems, 10X10 structural framing systems, customized structural steel packages, metal exterior wall and siding systems and corrugated through fastened and standing seam metal roofing systems.

About Mini Storage Messenger

Established in 1979, the Mini-Storage Messenger, published by MiniCo Insurance Agency, is the leading monthly publication covering the global self-storage industry. The Mini-Storage Messenger is, first and foremost, an unbiased education tool for the self-storage industry. All of our articles, either written by our in-house writers or contributed by industry leaders, provide the highest-value educational takeaway of any other publication in our industry and that is why we continue to have record subscription levels year over year. Other resources we publish include the annual Self-Storage Almanac, Self-Storage Canada and Self-Storage Now! Advertising is available in both print and digital versions of each publication. MiniCo also offers custom publishing services including editing, cover art, layout and design, printing, marketing and promotion, sales and custom options.